Markers of Bile Acid Metabolism in Pediatric Diarrhea Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Healthy Controls

Abstract

Correlations of C4 with 48FBA and FGF-19 are confirmed in a pediatric population. Twenty percent of pediatric patients with IBS-D had abnormal fasting serum C4. This serum test could be applied to identify BAD in pediatric IBS-D.